/*
 * Copyright 2008 Jellymold.com
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *	    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.jellymold.boss.util;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Simple interface to allow use of other HTTP request mechanisms if required
 */
public interface BOSSHTTPRequest {


    /**
     * Sends the get request
     * @param url the url to request
     * @return HTTP Response code
     */
    int sendGetRequest(String url) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns the response body (if any) as a string
     * @return the response
     */
    String getResponseBody();

}
